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The Scarlet Pimpernel ()

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A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
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Sir Percy Blakeney
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Lady Blakeney
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Chauvelin
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The Prince of Wales
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The Priest
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Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
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Suzanne de Tournay
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Armand St. Just
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Countess de Tournay
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Count de Tournay
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Robespierre
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Col. Winterbottom
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Romney
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The Barber
Morland Graham ...
Treadle (the tailor) (as Moreland Graham)
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Jellyband
Gertrude Musgrove ...
Sally - Jellyband's Daughter
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Lord Grenville
A. Bromley Davenport ...
French innkeeper (Brogard) (as Bromley Davenport)
William Freshman ...
Lord Hastings
Hindle Edgar ...
Lord Wilmot
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Pitt (uncredited)
Noel Birkin ...
(uncredited)
Toska Bissing ...
(uncredited)
Frederick Culley ...
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Member of the League (uncredited)
Hugh Dempster ...
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Member of the League (uncredited)
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Lady W (uncredited)
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Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
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Burke (uncredited)
Carl Harbord ...
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Codlin - Fisherman (uncredited)
Renée Macready ...
Lady Q (uncredited)
Roy Meredith ...
Viscount de Tournay (uncredited)
Tarva Penna ...
(uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
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An Aristocrat (uncredited)
Douglas Stewart ...
Merieres (uncredited)
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Member of the League (uncredited)
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Renad (uncredited)
Evan Thomas ...
Member of the League (uncredited)
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(uncredited)
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Bibot - Republican Officer (uncredited)
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Doman (uncredited)
Millicent Wolf ...
(uncredited)

Directed by

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Harold Young

Written by

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Baroness Emmuska Orczy ... (by) (as The Baroness Orczy)
 
Alexander Korda ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Baroness Emmuska Orczy ... (play) (uncredited)
 
Montagu Barstow ... (play) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Grace Blake ... executive producer (uncredited)
Alexander Korda ... producer

Music by

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Arthur Benjamin ... (musical compositions)

Cinematography by

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Harold Rosson ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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William Hornbeck

Production Management

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David B. Cunynghame ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Geoffrey Boothby ... assistant director

Art Department

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Francis Hallam ... architect
Vincent Korda ... settings
Gösta Åberg ... poster artist: Sweden (uncredited)
Moje Åslund ... poster artist: Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

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A.W. Watkins ... recording director

Special Effects by

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Ned Mann ... special effects
George J. Teague ... special photographic effects (uncredited)

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W. Percy Day ... matte painter (uncredited)
Peter Ellenshaw ... assistant matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Osmond Borradaile ... camera
Bernard Browne ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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John Armstrong ... director of costumes
Oliver Messel ... dresses designer: Miss Merle Oberon

Music Department

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Muir Mathieson ... music director
Lionel Salter ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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S.N. Behrman ... scenario, continuity & dialogue (as Sam Bermann)
Lajos Biró ... scenario, continuity & dialogue (as Lajos Biro)
Robert E. Sherwood ... scenario, continuity & dialogue (as Robert Sherwood)
Arthur Wimperis ... scenario, continuity & dialogue
Eileen Bowen-Jones ... continuity (uncredited)
Baroness Emmuska Orczy ... scenario, continuity & dialogue (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Max Schreck ... voice dubbing: Ernest Milton (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

London fop Percy Blakeney is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. His unknowing wife is also French, and she finds that her brother has been arrested by the Republic to try to get her to find out who "that damned elusive Pimpernel" really is. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Taglines SHE WANTED HIS LIPS-AND NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE (Print Ad- Silver Creek News, ((Silver Creek, NY)) 11 April 1935) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Mouron Rouge (France)
  • Le chevalier de Londres (France)
  • Die scharlachrote Blume (Germany)
  • La Pimpinela Escarlata (Spain)
  • Mesa sti thyella (Greece)
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  • 97 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $2,100,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America admonished: "There is cleavage in Reel 1. There is cleavage in Reel 4. There is gross cleavage in Reel 8", adding that it was the last film it would pass containing "scenes of offensive cleavage". See more »
Goofs Blakeney and the Prince of Wales are seen at a boxing match in which the combatants are in a structure similar to a modern 'square' ring. This form of the ring was not used until around 1838. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Minute Movie Masterpieces (1989). See more »
Soundtracks La Marseillaise See more »
Quotes Percy Blakeney: They seek him here, they seek him there, / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. / Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell? / That damned elusive Pimpernel!
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